READ: Half the cows likely wrong about the weather

3:17 PM,
Mar. 29, 2013

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Pettus Read

Over the last couple of weeks and since the first days of spring, we have experienced some unusually cold days, including some with snow. I guess it is my thinning gray hair and my familiarity with the country groundhog, but I often get asked just what kind of "winter" we are going through at the moment.

I must say that I take no responsibility for the northern whistle pig that predicted we would have an early spring. I've never taken a lot of stock in that varmint, due to the fact I can never pronounce its name and it does live all the way up in Pennsylvania, meaning any self-respecting groundhog would ...